STRU07012 2019 Structures 302

Derive and formulate equations for the analysis of principal stresses and maximum shear stress.

Determine slopes and deflections in statically determinate beams.

Analyse the states of stress caused by combined loadings.

Select an appropriate scheme design for a structural steelwork building, defend design decisions and present findings both orally and in written form.

Design and detail structural elements in structural steelwork to EN1993, and communicate the design in an appropriate manner.

This module will be delivered to full-time learners through a mix of formal lectures and design practical classes. 

This module will be delivered to part-time online learners through a mix of live online lectures and online tutorials. The lectures and tutorials will be recorded and made available to the learners through an online virtual learning environment.

To reinforce the theoretical principles covered in lectures, learners will participate in design practicals and project work.

This module is 65% continuous assessment and 35% final examination at the end of the semester

The continuous assessment is based on a design project work and structural analysis practicals.

The design project will be a group project work that will incorporate calculations, sketches, reports, drawings, presentations and interviews that will be assessed on an ongoing basis to provide both formative and summative assessment to the learner. Both individual and team performance will be assessed at different stages during this project work with an emphasis on teamwork. The design project work is interdisciplinary and linked with Geotechnical Engineering 301.

The structural analysis practicals will be used to demonstrate and apply theoretical structural analysis principles developed during lectures. 

Peer assessment will be incorporated into marks awarded for all practical work. The sizing of the slice method of group assessment (Clelford & Hopkins, 2014) will be used to allocate marks to the individual members of the project group. A copy of this method of allocating marks will be given to the students at the start of the module.  

Clelford, T. & Hopkins, A., 2014. Sizing the Slice: Assessing Individual Performance in Group Projects, CEBE Funded Case Study retrieved on 5/12/2014 from http://www‑new1.heacademy.ac.uk/cebe/themes/alldisplay?type=resources&newid=casestudies/cebe/sizing_the_slice&site=cebe

The learner must pass all elements of the continuous assessment.

Where a learner or group of learners fail the project element of the module they will be required to resubmit the project or an alternative project for assessment or a repeat exam paper at the repeat examination session.

Learners who fail the end of module terminal examination will have the opportunity to resit the examination during the repeat examination session.

Structural Analysis may include:

1. Stress transformation - Plane-stress transformation and general equations of plane-stress transformation
2. Principal stresses and maximum in-plane shear stress, including Mohr’s circle.
3. Deflections of beams (The elastic curve, slope and deflection by integration, discontinuity functions).
4. Combined loading (Thin-walled pressure vessels and states of stress caused by combined loadings).

Indicative Laboratory Practicals:

1. Simply Supported beam deflected shape.
2. Continuous beam deflected shape.
3. Cantilever beam deflected shape.

Structural Design may include:

1. Introduction to the design of structural steelwork. (Materials, loading, limit states and partial safety factors).
2. Axially loaded members. (Simple tension members. Axially loaded columns).
3. Simple Beam Design.
4. Joints (Design of bolted connections and an introduction to welded connections).
5. Column baseplates.

Indicative Design Practicals

1. Scheme design of a simple structural steelwork building.
2. Design and detailing of a simple structural steelwork building.